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Author Talk | Poetry Reading with Melania Luisa Marte

"Plantains and Our Becoming"

Enjoy Melania Luisa Marte reading from her new collection of poems which looks at the identities and histories of the Dominican Republic and Haiti to celebrate and center the Black diasporic experience.

Poet Melania Luisa Marte, in discussion with fellow poet Brittny Ray Crowell, will share poems from her collection, Plantains and Our Becoming, which focuses on the exploration of themes like self-love, nationalism, displacement, generational trauma, and ancestral knowledge. This collection uproots stereotypes while creating a joyous vision for Black identity and personhood.

Melania Luisa Marte is an American writer, poet, and musician living between the United States and the Dominican Republic. Marte's poetry explores her Caribbean roots, intersectionality, and self-love. Her work has been featured by Ain’t I Latina, Mitu, The Root, Telemundo, Remezcla, AfroPunk, and People En Español, among many others.

Brittny Ray Crowell, an award-winning poet and artist, who currently teaches in the English department at Clark Atlanta University, will moderate. 

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